The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore by Deepak Chopra
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Book Reviews of The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore
Book Review: A beautiful learning experience
Summary: 5 Stars
For someone like me who grew up without any religious background at all, I find The Third Jesus to be an inspiring blueprint for how to become an evolved person! The book has given me a way that is comfortable and undemanding to begin to learn about Jesus's spiritual lessons in their own right, independent of church dogma. What may be the long-lasting legacy of this book, in fact, is how profoundly it shifts the focus from who Deepak calls the second Jesus, the one developed for Christians, to Jesus as a spiritual teacher, a teacher who can help you evolve your consciousness. The gift of Jesus's lessons are offered, regardless of one's religious affiliation. I especially love the exercises, which take Jesus's teachings, such as "As you sow, so shall you reap," one by one, and offer a way to understand them from your own inner, spiritual perspective.
Book Review: The Cosmic Jesus
Summary: 5 Stars
The author provides a very deep discussion about
Jesus Christ on a cosmic or spiritual level.
This persona portrays Christ as a spiritual leader
who embraces everyone on a humanitarian level.
The idea of a New World is presented. Such an idealistic
place is devoid of war and strife. The human body itself
will be transformed into the highest state of health
and psychic contentment.
Certain paths are a fast track to heaven. For instance,
the Path of Devotion is prayer-centered. The Path of
Service deals with charity, almsgiving, altruism and
humility. The Path of Contemplation deals with a formal
retreat monastically speaking.
Christ is pictured as a sketchy character historically.
The power lies in Christ as a theological creation for
the ages.
Book Review: A must read
Summary: 5 Stars
The Third Jesus... as Deepak Chopra so beautifully writes, is the Jesus whose teachings we have somehow failed to heed. It is the Jesus who tells us the "Kingdom of Heaven is within" and to "Be Still and know that I am God" which are messages directing us back to ourselves so that we might contemplatively experience God. Jesus tells of the need for unconditional love, non judgment and embodying the innocence of a child to enter into this awareness. One need only read a newspaper to realize how we have failed to understand. Yet throughout history we learn of Saints and Sages who have understood. It is the responsibility of each of us individually to seek that awareness and realize our true potential. Deepak Chopra is simply reminding us.Book Review: Third Jesus is great for Everyone
Summary: 5 Stars
In this timely book, Deepak Chopra has brought Jesus to our attention, and that in itself is good. This book is not so much about agreeing or disagreeing with Chopra's ideas about Jesus, but taking the time to look at our own thoughts about this great mystical teacher and savior to many. Jesus' teachings are just as relevant now as ever, and if we don't look at them and understand them, then we will live according to religion's beliefs about Jesus ... or even perhaps Chopra's beliefs about Jesus ... and what we should be considering is a greater understanding of this Master Mind who was teaching us about our eternal One-ness with the Infinite. Congratulations to Deepak Chopra for sharing his love of the mystical and his Christ with us.Book Review: Provocative, Inspiring, and Transformational
Summary: 5 Stars
THE THIRD JESUS reminds us of the core teachings of Jesus Christ and ways we can apply them in our lives. Chopra's scriptural knowledge and the way he draws on other spiritual traditions to describe Christ Consciousness is impressive.
The 15 steps at the close of the book are especially helpful and are like nothing I've read before. Chopra identifies key Christian doctrine -- "the kingdom of heaven is within you," "ask and you shall receive," "you are the light of the world" -- then applies the teaching, and gives wonderful excercises to help readers bring the teaching into their lives.
All in all, the book has inspired me to see Jesus's teachings in a way that makes them immediate and quite powerful.